Example sentences of "this [noun] to give " in BNC.

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1 If that is the carrot to persuade this Parliament to give up such independence as it possesses and to move it on from the treaty of Rome , I would want a lot of persuading that that was in our best interests .
2 You can use this function to give the " whole number " part of the answer to a division .
3 I was not involved at all until the open meeting , which I attended and where I was pleased to have this opportunity to give my own personal views .
4 Will he also use this opportunity to give a categorical pledge that under no circumstances will he lift the ceiling on national insurance contributions , because that would , in effect , claw back the extra pay that teachers gained yesterday ?
5 Will he take this opportunity to give a categorical assurance that none of the agencies will be allowed or encouraged to derecognise any of the civil service trade unions ?
6 As we come to the end of this Parliament , will the Secretary of State take this opportunity to give us some insight into the Government 's long-term policy which has been formulated during the past 13 years ?
7 Smokers really should take this opportunity to give up this addictive habit once and for all .
8 But before taking the action some members will begin a vigil in Cardiff this afternoon to give the Welsh Language Education Committee ( PDAG ) one last chance not to co-operate with what they claim are the Government 's education ‘ quangos . ’
9 Thus We can now rearrange this equation to give the unknown molar mass in terms of experimentally determined values , thus
10 I have made few attempts in this chapter to give the first references to ideas or discoveries .
11 It is beyond the scope of this chapter to give a full summary of the SFA Rules .
12 One of the most famous essays emerging from this attempt to give spatial significance to the Chicago School 's broader theme of self and society was Burgess 's ‘ The growth of the city : an introduction to a research project ’ .
13 Add one to this figure to give the total number of spaces , bearing in mind that one extra space will be needed to balance the heading at the sides .
14 Note that I added a minor 3rd ( C ) in this run to give it more of a country flavour !
15 He explained that his wife was a permanent invalid , unable to come to church , but said he : ‘ Since the day we got married we have shared everything we had and I am bringing this home to give to her . ’ )
16 But George uses this dream to give Lennie hope , and a purpose to all that they do .
17 It is impossible in this publication to give a resumé of these .
18 It is this capacity to give meaning which needs to be held on to in considering human behaviour .
19 ‘ It is not possible at this moment to give a precise date as to when and if any such agreement will be signed and until such time your co-operation in directing enquiries direct to Ray Crofts would be appreciated . ’
20 AMERICAN photographer Roland Charles is at the Blackie Arts Centre this evening to give an audio-visual presentation called Los Angeles Revolts .
21 David Elsworth chose this race to give Barnbrook Again his preliminary for the King George VI and the topweight winner of all his four races last season was made the 2-1 favourite , though some optimistic betting forecasts had him as a ridulous 8-1 chance .
22 Money as abstraction furnishes opportunities for possession , but mediates in this relationship to give rise to some separation between the specificity of being and the specificity of having , since money alone does not determine its further use by its presence , and is entirely ahistorical .
23 To take a somewhat unlikely example , if application were made to the Secretary of State for an order under this procedure to give planning permission for a single project the response would be that there is a complete planning code of public legislation to cover that requirement , and in the absence of exceptional circumstances recourse should be had to that code .
24 For this theory to give the observed value of the strong force between particles , the strings had to be like rubber bands with a pull of about ten tons .
25 If the package can be prepared for approval a prompt will appear at the foot of this page to give you the choice of preparing it or not .
26 The rules have been changed this season to give fans of Second Division sides the opportunity to see first-class opponents .
27 What I 'm asking for is that we keep this approach up to fight this government to give er our senior citizens a better chance in this life , cos a lot of us here would not be here today if it was n't for the senior citizens who brought us up .
28 This obligation to give notice shall terminate six months after completion of the Project .
29 Although it is unlikely that Members will be asked to vote on conversion until some time in 1989 I am writing this letter to give an early indication of the main reasons for the recommendation .
30 Curse me for having nothing in this world to give him but gratitude ! ’
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